Shoe-blacking apparatus



.(ModeL) J. H. GWINNER.

SHOE BLAGKING APPARATUS.

ATTORNEYS.-

No. 245,819. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

WITNESSES: W/flwzw UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. GWINNER, OF HUGHESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-BLACKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,819, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed June 18, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN HENRY GWINNER, of Hughesville,in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain useful Improvements in Shoe-Blacking Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved blacking apparatus.

The invention relates to a box provided with compartments for slippers, blacking-brushes,

. shoe-dressing bottles, &c., which compartments are provided with swinging lids, to one of which a reversible foot-rest, that can be ad justed for right or left handed persons, is attached. The lid of the box has a blackingbox-holding frame pivoted to its under side, in which frame the blacking'box is held by suitable thumbscrews, and the lid is also provided with a rubber bulb containing water, which is conducted by a suitable tube to a nozzle projecting from the under side of the lid, so that when the bulb is compressed a small quantity of water will be squirted upon the blacking-box or on the brush.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is perspective view of my improved blackin g apparatus, the lid of the box being raised and the lids of the compartments closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same, showing the lid of the box raised, the blacking'box-holdingframe lowered, and the compartment-lid with the foot-rest opened. Fig. 3 is aa cross-sectional elevation of the same, showing the lid of the box raised and one of the compartment-lids raised to support the lid of the box. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same, showing the lids of the compartments removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The box A is divided by the partitions B and B into the front compartments, A, for slippers or shoes, the rear compartment, A for blacking-brushes, and the rear compartment, A for shoe-dressing bottles, boot-grease bottles, &c.

A rod, 0, extends across the box from side to side, above the partition B, and forms a support for the lids G and C of the compartments A, A and A respectively, these lids being hinged to each other on the upper surfaces. The adjoining edges of these lids are provided with longitudinal grooves u,containihg the rod 0 when the lids are closed. The lids G and (J are provided with loops or handles b b for raising them.

A foot-rest, D, formed of a pivoted central part, D, and a fixed heel part, D and a toe part, D is attached to the under side of the lid 0 the pivoted central part, D, being provided with an eyelet, c, at each side.

A frame, E, is pivoted to the under side of the lid F of the box A, near the bottom of this lid, this frame being provided with acentral opening for receiving the blackingbox G, which is held therein by the thumb-screws H. The frame E is provided with a hook, J, on its inner surface at the outer edge. A rubber bulb, K, is contained in the lid F, and from this bulb-a tube, L, leads to a nozzle, M, projecting from the under side ot' the lid F.

The lid Fisprovided on the under side with a hook or eye, R, below the bulb K.

The box A is preferably provided with casters N.

The lid F is provided with hooks O, which catch on pins P P of the box A or with another suitable lock.

The box A may be made plain or it may be upholstered.

The operation is as follows: If the lid F is to be held open so that the slippers can be removed from the compartment A the lid C is raised and held as shown in Fig.3. If the shoes are to be blackened the lid 0 is folded down over the lid 0, so that the foot-rest will be in the proper position, as shown in Fig. 2, and the hook J of the frame E is hooked into one of the eyelets cof the central pivoted part, D, of the foot-rest to hold the same in position. As shown, the foot-rest is in position for aperson using his righthand in blacking boots; but if it is to be used by a left-handed person the central pivoted part, D, is reversed and is secured by means of the opposite eyelet and the hook J. If the blacking-past-e contained in the box G is to be moistened or dissolved the bulb K is compressed, upon which a stream of water issues from the nozzle M upon the blacking or brush. The bulb K is filled with water by attaching a thin rubber tube leading to a vessel containing water to the nozzle 7 zle M in the lid F, substantially as herein nation,with the boXA, of the lid F of the blackin g-box-holdin g frame E, the foot-rest D on the lower lid, 0 of the bulb K, tube L, and nozshown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 1

2. In a shoe-blacking apparatus, the footrest D, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with fixed end parts, D and D with a pivoted central part, D", as and 20 for the purpose set forth.

8. In a shoe-blacking apparatus, the combination, with the lid F, of the blacking-box-h olding frame E, the hook J, the central pivoted part, D, of the foot-rest D, and the eyelets c 25 a, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the lids 0 O pivoted to each other on the upper side and provided with grooves 'u in the adjoining edges, 0 of the rod 0, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN HENRY GWINNER.

Witnesses THoMAs W. KAHLER, HENRY L. JOHNS. 

